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The Pure and the Impure

The Pure and the Impure
ColetteOriginal title Le Pur et l'impur and Ces Plaisirs (French, 1932)

The Pure and the Impure is a 1932 novel by the French writer Colette. It consists of a series of conversations about sex, gender and attraction. Colette considered it her best book, and described it as "the nearest I shall ever come to writing an autobiography".


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